Diplomacy, Technology and Finance: ESCAP’S Way Forward to Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Expert Consultation on the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway and Regional Connectivity Thimphu, Bhutan. October 2, 2014 Abu Saeed Khan Senior Policy Fellow LIRNEasia [email protected]
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Diplomacy, Technology and Finance: ESCAP’S Way Forward to Asia-Pacific
Information Superhighway
Expert Consultation on the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway and Regional Connectivity
Source: GSMA, The Mobile Economy, ASIA PACIFIC 2014.
The great Asian broadband divide
Source: GSMA, The Mobile Economy, ASIA PACIFIC 2014.
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Median IP transit prices per Mbps per month on Q2 2014. Prices exclude local access and installation fees. Source: TeleGeography. Publication: Global Internet Geography 2014.
Prohibitive wholesale internet bandwidth in Asia
Intra-Asia 10 Gbps median monthly lease prices (US$) excluding local access and installation fees.
Route Q4 2013 Km $/Km
East Asia & China
Hong Kong–Seoul $21,000 2,100 $10.00
Hong Kong–Singapore $21,500 2,588 $8.31
Hong Kong–Taipei $21,000 803 $26.15
Hong Kong–Tokyo $21,000 2,893 $7.26
Singapore–Tokyo $23,250 5,328 $4.36
India
Bangalore-Singapore $132,500 3,174 $41.75
Chennai-Singapore $130,000 3,721 $34.94
Mumbai-Hong Kong $132,500 4,306 $30.77
Mumbai–Singapore $134,500 3,913 $34.37
Source: TeleGeography. Publication: Global Bandwidth 2014.
Trans-Pacific Bandwidth (Gbps)Source: TeleGeography. Publication: Global Bandwidth Research, 2014.
Source: The state of Broadband 2012: Achieving digital inclusion for all. ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission.
Costs of civil works in fiber deployment
France Approximately 80%
United Kingdom Between 70% and 80%
Republic of Korea Between 80% and 90%
European Union Approximately 80%
MENA Approximately 80%
OECD average (2008) Between 50% and 80%
Source: “Harnessing cross-sectoral infrastructure synergies.” ESCAP. August 27, 2014.
Right-of-way (ROW) = ?%
“Anytime a roadway is opened up for any purpose, conduit is installed, which cuts the cost for later deployment of fiber by 90 percent or more in some cases. The conduit itself costs almost nothing; it’s the labor cost to open up the street and then close it up later that is the bulk of the cost. By installing conduit any time construction is going on, the cost of that construction is amortized over all projects that later utilize the conduit, reducing costs dramatically and minimizing disruption to drivers.”
Milo Medin, Vice President of Access Services, Google Inc.
April 18, 2011
Conduit of fortune
“Anytime a roadway is opened up for any purpose, conduit is installed, which cuts the cost for later deployment of fiber by 90 percent or more in some cases. The conduit itself costs almost nothing; it’s the labor cost to open up the street and then close it up later that is the bulk of the cost. By installing conduit any time construction is going on, the cost of that construction is amortized over all projects that later utilize the conduit, reducing costs dramatically and minimizing disruption to drivers.”
Milo Medin, Vice President of Access Services, Google Inc.
April 18, 2011
Conduit of fortune
Submarine networks = Terrestrial networksLandlocked countries = Coastal countries
Courtesy: Ciena
“Noting that some states were levying hefty RoW charges, equivalent to Rs 1.27 crore (US$ 208,000) per km, DoT has urged states to scrap such practices, failing which NOFN project costs would shoot up and scuttle the Centre's ambitions of delivering affordable broadband services. DoT has reached out to states as there has scarcely been any progress in laying down optic fibre over the past three years.”
Lesson from India: ROW up to $208,000/km.
Meshed and resilient telecoms ROW
Connecting 32 Eurasian countries with EU through 141,000 km of standardized roadways.
Core objectives• Creating a cross-border telecoms consortium of 32
countries being linked through the Asian Highway.– Example: Intelsat (Past) and SEA-ME-WE3/4/5 (Present).
• Using Asian Highway’s right-of-way (ROW) for open-access optical fiber transmission networks.– Highways are preferred ROW for long distance telecoms.
• Each country’s road authorities will own the fiber.– State-ownership and open-access guaranteed. No
payment is required for ROW.
• Only the licensed operators will have access to it.– No regulatory disruption.
Way forward
Internal activities
1. Conduct route survey of Asian Information Superhighway.
2. Design the network. Assess the costs of C&M.
3. AH members endorse the concept of Asian Info Superhighway and approve the C&M Agreement.
4. Finalize C&MA and award the project.
External activities
1. Get engaged with partners (World Bank, ADB, ITU, APT, SATRC, BIMSTEC etc.)
2. Make the long distance telecoms carriers on board.
3. Update the people by effectively disseminating the status of Asian Information Superhighway.